Digital Addiction has quickly talked with id Software's level designer Paul Jacquays about working at the famous company and some current projects they're working on, including the Team Arena expansion for Quake 3 Arena. He discusses the working environment at id -- a source of many ribald stories -- and his past before coming to the company. Here's a clip:

How excited are you on seeing the community response for Q3TA?

Jaquays: I'm looking forward to it being out there and seeing its features in the hands of mod-makers and mappers. We have some exciting surprises in there that no one has seen yet. I'll leave it at that ... but for mappers and mod-makers, it's gonna be like having Christmas twice in one year.

If taken literally, does this mean Team Arena will be about before Christmas rolls around? We'll keep you posted if the expansion gets any closer to completion.
Q&A with Paul Jacquays